An effective method for the decontamination of infectious wastes has recently been investigated by a Canadian research team, one which is hoped to provide more thorough sanitation procedures for a variety of settings, including hospitals, water treatment facilities, and slaughterhouses.

A collaborative international study between researchers at Duke University and two different Japanese universities has recently yielded important insight into the role of histone deacetylases (Hdacs) in the normal emotional centers of the brain. This research, which was published last week in the journal PLoS, provides evidence that these enzymes may be responsible for a significantly greater number of cellular and physiological processes than what has been previously recognized, and provides a novel target for the potential therapeutic intervention in emotional disorders such as schizophrenia, depression and anxiety.

Recently, a study highlighting the role that an important molecular chaperone plays in the prevention of a trademark contributor to Alzheimer’s disease was published in the journal Biochemistry.

Researchers from Columbia and Purdue universities have recently utilized an interesting method to infer the timeframe of the volcanic events which created Ubehebe Crater in Death Valley National Park. By examining rock samples which had been created in those events, these researchers are the first team to utilize Beryllium-10 dating techniques to infer time periods of explosive volcanism.

Methods for a large-scale scientific mission to a subglacial lake in Antarctica were published earlier this month in the journal Reviews of Geophysics.

An international collaboration of European research teams has just published an important study which directly attributes changes in mountain vegetation to climate change across the European continent.

University of Pittsburgh researchers have recently published a study suggesting that a certain type of stem cell transplantation may help rescue some of the cellular deficiencies which occur as part of the normal aging process.

Fossil evidence of an ancient sauropod, the classification which contains some of the largest animals to ever walk the earth, has recently been uncovered on the Antarctic continent by an Argentinian research team.

A novel strategy has recently been developed which allows the visualization of DNA synthesis in intact cells or organisms. This strategy, developed by the University of Zurich’s Institute of Organic Chemistry, utilizes a tailor-made nucleic acid which can be incorporated into a normal DNA strand to allow this biochemical process to be seen using fluorescent probes.

New insights into the evolution of quadrupedal movement in pre-tetrapodal species have been recently developed through behavioral and morphological analyses of a species of African lungfish.